TEXAS ASOCIATION FOR SCHOOL NUTRITION First Board of Director s Meeting 2016 2017 Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas June 22, 2016 President: Debbie Needham called the first Board of Director s Meeting of the Texas Association for School Nutrition (TASN) to order at 01:00 p.m. on June 22, 2016 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Invocation given by Melissa Bryan Area 5 Representative. President Debbie Needham welcomed everyone that has stayed for the first Board of Director s Meeting. I think we had a great conference so I would like to thank the board for all your hard work and I look forward to working with each of you this coming year. The Chair appointed Melissa Bryan and Flo Green to the committee to approve the minutes. Roll Call: Secretary Sam Guajardo Present at meeting: Debbie Needham, Laura Mason, Shelly Copeland, Terry Mendez, Sam Guajardo, Kevin Truong, Jeannie Stallings, Betty Stanley, Candace Vaughn, Pamela Mallory, Sandra Campbell, Ray Marshall, Robert Cuellar, Michelle Skiles, Lois Williams, Flo Green, Melissa Bryan, Dawn Foos, Shirley Price, Brenda Rodriguez and Gladys Rodriguez Adoptions The Standing Rules presented by OAC Chair Sandra Campbell At this time the Chair assumes the motion to adopt the Standing Rules as presented by OAC Chair Sandra Campbell, are there any changes? All those in favor say Aye any opposed say No YES 21 NO 0 The motion carries. The Agenda the adoption of the agenda. The question is on the agenda granting the President the privilege to make to make any changes that become necessary. Are there any changes to the printed agenda? If not The question is on the adoption of the agenda as printed and authorizing the president to make any changes that become necessary. The agenda is adopted with the authorization for the President to make changes as they become necessary. Appointments A. Timekeeper: The Chair appoints Gracie Garcia the time keeper will rise when your time is up. Please send your remarks immediately If extra time is needed a Board member must move to extend the time by 5 minutes. B. Page and Tellers: The Chair appoints Tiffany Voorhives and Marilyn Serrano. As we take a vote they will collect your votes and tally those in the back of the room as well as
if you have any information that you would like to send to another board member please raise that note and they will bring it forth to the table, thank you for doing that. C. Parliamentarian: Betty Green D. Industry Members to the Industry Committee: at this time industry member that have been appointed to the industry committee: Mark Stevenson from Premier-O Edge, Melissa Krause from FDP, and Jared Woodard from E-Source will now serve on the industry committee. E. Nominating Committee Chair: The Chair appointed Warren Settles III for the Nominating Committee Chair. Reports of Officers A. President Debbie Needham My report has been filed; but I would like to say Thank you for all of your support and it has been an exciting time and I look forward to this next year. B. President Elect Laura Mason my report has been filed; I am excited to continue on my journey and hope to plan a conference as good as this one was. C. Vice President Shelly Copeland my report has been filed; I am very excited to join the Board this year looking forward to working together. D. Secretary Sam Guajardo My report has been filed. E. Treasurer Kevin Truong my report has been filed; and I want to thank everyone for your votes F. Immediate Past President Terry Mendez My report has been filed. Report of the Executive Committee Sam Guajardo Secretary the Executive Committee met earlier this afternoon we approved the plan of action. The EC brings forth a motion from the Executive Committee. Motion #1 approval of the 2016 2017 budget Rational/Background: Financial Impact/Staff Time impact/volunteer Time Impact: Motion by individual or Committee EC Terry Mendez Second by Jeannie Stallings Will vote for that under new business. Report of Headquarters Karen Andrasi, Executive Director of TASN, Written report was filed. Report of Area Representatives Chair of Area Representatives Jennie Stallings All Area Representatives have filed their reports. Also My report has been filed. Report of Employee Representative Gladys Rodriguez My report was filed and I am excited, look forward too.
Report of Standing Committees Education Chair: Betty Stanley Chair my report has been filed. Industry Committee: Candice Walker Chair I filed my report, and just want to say we had a great show and kudos to Karen for hiring Amy. She did a great job. Membership Chair: Pamela Mallory: Report has been filed. I want to thank the members of TASN for nominating me to this position. I am very excited to work and complete the plan of action. Organization Affairs Committee (OAC) Chair: Sandra Campbell I have not filed my report I have no report to file. Public Policy & Legislation Committee Chair: Ray Marshall My report has been filed, I just wanted to say congratulations to everyone for the wonderful event we had this week. Report of Other Committees/Special Reports None Unfinished Business None New Business At this time, we will have the election of the Nominating Committee. They will review candidates for election of our TASN Board. Currently serving is Warren Settles, Myra Leslie, and Emelda Palacios. We appointed Warren Settles as Chair of that committee. We will now need to have nominations to fill two positions currently. You have ballots in front of you, so you will have to nominate someone who is willing to serve and will have to confirm that they are willing to serve. It s just a one-year term. They cannot be running for office. Candace: What is the criteria if I may ask? Debbie: That s fine Good question. Ok the criteria will be read and we will take nomination orally. Composition The Nominating committee shall be composed of five members who are either currently or have previously served on the BOD, served as a member on a special committee or sub-committee; and have given their written approval to have their names placed in the nomination. The committee members shall serve two-year terms with two being elected in even-numbered years and three being elected in odd-numbered years. The President shall name a chair from members serving the second year of their term. The Nominating committee shall report the slate of candidates to the BOD. There shall be no nominations from the floor. A Nominating committee member or one who has resigned in the current year shall not be a candidate for elected positions. The Nominating committee shall bring a slate of candidates forward of at least two candidates for each vacant position. If this is an impossibility, the EC must approve by vote
that the slot will only have one candidate. (No candidate names will be shared with the EC). Terms of Office Nominating Committee members shall serve a two-year term or until their successors are elected. Nomination of Nominating Committee: Jeannie Stallings: Charlotte Hokett Have spoken and Ms. Hokett agreed to serve on the nominating committee. Charlotte Hokett from White Settlement ISD has accepted the nomination. Pamela Mallory: Karlyn Thomas from Klein ISD agreed to serve on the nominating committee. Karlyn Thomas from Klein ISD has accepted the nomination. Laura Mason: Myra Leslie has accepted. Debbie Needham: So Myra Leslie has accepted the nomination. Are there any other nominations? There being none so at this time we will move forward with the election of the nominating committee. I have appointed Warren Settles as the Chair, Myra Leslie has accepted the nomination, Emelda Palacio has accepted the nomination (who are returning members), Charlotte Hokett has accepted the nomination and Karlyn Thomas will now serve on the nominating committee. Election of Past Presidents Advisory Board. At this time, I will ask the board to take their paper and make nominations to the Past Presidents Advisory Board. nominated Gracie Garcia nominated Dana Sheffield nominated Jody Houston nominated Diane Dahm nominated Patricia Mouser At this time the list of candidates for the Past President Advisory Board are: Gracie Garcia, Dana Sheffield, Jody Houston, Diane Dahm, Patricia Mouser. And you will vote to nominate 4. Under new business the approval of the budget 2016/2017 budget you have received in your board packet. A motion from the EC has been brought forth to approve the 2016/2017 budget. Are there any discussion or questions about the budget? A second by Ray Marshall. No further discussion will put this to a vote. Yes 21 No 0 Motion carries and budget approved.
The next item on the agenda is the approval of the Association Plan of Action. At this time, it has been presented and everyone on the board has a copy of the plan of action. Are there any questions on the plan of action? At this time if there isn t any discussion we will vote. Yes 21 No 0 The approval of the Association Plan of Action stands approved. We are waiting on the tally of the ballots to complete this board meeting. For the Good of the Order Debbie: I would say over all we had a good conference. What I am excited about is that we had a lot of first timers, and I think that was a great thing to see. We had many new vendors (34 new vendors) so that was a great great thing for me to see. Awesome great participation of our industry folks so I am excited about that. So as we move forward for our new 2016/2017 year we will be in the planning stages. As you can always improve on areas I m sure we have all found little glitches we can improve on I am excited about it moving forward on that. Candace: So we have been working with the new contractor Amy and I think we have some idea on ways we can bring in some sponsorship ideas and we will be working on that really quickly. For the next conference. Houston Conference theme Child Nutrition Fueling Future Leaders cause that is what we do, we feed them fuel so they can be our future leaders. Nominations for the Past Presidents Advisory Board are. Jody Houston Dana Sheffield Patricia Mouser Diane Dahm They will serve with Terry Mendez as chair on the Past Presidents Advisory Board. Announcements: A. SNA Annual Conference, July 10 13, 2016, San Antonio, TX B. TASN Headquarters will be closed for Labor Day, September 5, 2016 C. TASN Second Board Meeting, October 12 14 2016, Austin, TX D. TASN Industry Seminar, October 31- November 2 2016, Horseshoe Bay TX E. SNA School Nutrition Industry Conference January 20-24 2017, Orlando FL F. TASN 3 rd Board Meeting, February 15-16, 2017, Austin, TX G. SNA Legislative Action Conference, March 31 April 4,2017, Washington, DC H. SNA Leadership Conference, May 3 6 2017 Baltimore, MD I. TASN Annual Conference June 18 21 2017, Houston, TX There being no further business, the President adjourned the meeting at 1:44 p.m. Respectfully Submitted
Sam Guajardo TASN Secretary 2015 2016 Belton ISD